These pages contain descriptions and pictures of
Lunar grazes which
I have witnessed myself

El Nath, Beta Tauri, SAO
77168

2006 September 14, 13:08 UT
(6:08 AM PDT)

At a visual magnitude of 1.7, El Nath is by far the most spectacular graze I have witnessed and video recorded. I traveled to the observation spot to join a team of several other observers from the San Francisco bay area. I was able to video record several events.

Gradual reappearance from 04:39:12.4
to 04:39:13.0
followed by gradual disappearance from 04:39:13.0 to
04:39:14.3. The
Star did not reappear to full magnitude, but to a fainter magnitude,
possibly
due to the reappearance of one of the secondary stars in this system.
Possible
step events here. Video
(646 KB)

Flash event to a much fainter
magnitude that the primary
star at 04:39:40.3. Video
(475 KB)

A team of 4 set up in California's
San Joaquin Valley
to observe this graze of 4.3 mag Upsilon Tauri. I was able to
record
to video 13 events, including some events for the 6.5 mag close binary
(Separation
0.020"). The video below shows the first 13 seconds of the
graze which
includes the following 5 events: